After winning the world’s largest cash prize for children’s literature, the Astrid Lindgren memorial award, Meg Rosoff has become a literary superstar in Sweden. Here is her account of her whirlwind tour of a country which takes its children’s books seriously

In 1971, a librarian in Michigan asked public figures to write to local children explaining why their new library was a good thing. For National Libraries Day on 6 February in the UK, writers and public figures have written love letters to theirs

As atheists, Meg Rosoff and her husband were keen not to lie to their daughter, so they told her they didn't believe in God early on. But when it came to the Tooth Fairy and – ahem – you know who, it all got a bit tricky